1.   But school officials declined the offer because the assembly would have cut into instructional time, he said.

2.   But reading, math and other core subjects take precedent, and the schools rarely allow field trips because they cut in on instructional time.

3.   Do they spend precious instructional time on projects that engage their students in learning, or on worksheets that drill them in test-taking?

4.   Deduct that prep work from real instructional time, along with the seven hours it actually takes to complete the tests.

5.   Government auditors found that the school did not provide its students enough instructional time to qualify for much of the federal loans and grants.

6.   She also suggested extending the amount of instructional time that the state requires from four to six hours a day.

7.   Since then, our graduation requirements have been raised, testing has been increased, with severe penalties for failure, and instructional time has grown.

8.   Taking instructional time to teach emotional intelligence means less time for something else.

9.   That always puts the Super Bowl smack in the middle of Monday morning instructional time, causing a perennial truancy problem.

10.   The audit also found Dayton teachers instructing far below the maximum levels of instructional time allowed by their contracts.